The Paperwalker Journal - Florian Satzinger

Friday, May 27, 2022

Delivered

The original drawings have been delivered, finally. Here, Gottfried is counting the actual number of pieces, with Katharina (bg) and Anna (right), in the hallowed* archive cellars, deep below the art museum.

KUNSTMEILE.AT | FLORIANSATZINGER @ IG #originalartwork #bluepencils #copics #KarikaturmuseumKrems #gottfriedgusenbauer #kunstmeilekrems #loweraustria #cartridgepaper

*I had to write hallowed, for the dramatic effect.

Friday, May 20, 2022

The Ducks From A.C.M.E.:
The BFTR Kit 3000x

I already posted the rough layout's 2nd pass of this one here, a couple of weeks ago. Now, here's the final piece in its full clean-up glory. A.C.M.E.'s BFTR Kit (Basketball Free Throw Rocket Kit 3000x), two-seated. Billboard format 4,80 x 2,20 meters.

Visually, it's a parodic take on Chuck Jones' and Maurice Noble's 'Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner' work; and a little bit on 'The Men from U.N.C.L.E.', because of the title and the gadgets. However, content-wise, the artwork satirically covers the area of sports and obsolete ideas of winning at any cost with the aid of science without conscience.

It will be presented to the public next week, May 25th, at the ASKOE Sports Centre's Art Wall.

*Association de Canards Magnifiques Extraordinaire (A.C.M.E.), not to be confused with the ACME Corp.
#characterdesign #scenerydesign #backgroundlayout #drawingprocess #sketching #floriansatzinger #duckland #ACME #chuckjones #mauricenoble #TheDucksFromACME #parodyart

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

The ACMEgg

Coming to Karikaturmuseum Krems in July.

#KarikaturmuseumKrems #ACME #caricatureart #satire #parody #FlorianSatzinger #exhibition

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Mouse

Drawing process bits and pieces.

#processbits #mickeymouse #parodyart #characterdesign #caricature #anthropomorphic #floriansatzinger #mixedmedia #traditionaldrawing #digitaldrawing

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Close Up

Duck, close up view, blue pencils on cartridge paper.

#floriansatzinger #originalartwork #bluepencils #cartridgepaper #animationart #donaldduck #parodyart

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Donald Dark,
alternate outfit and pose

Blue pencils and Copics on cartridge paper vs. digital clean-up.

#DonaldDuck #Parodyart #satire #caricature #DonaldDark #characterdesign #floriansatzinger

Monday, May 09, 2022

Bob,
Crash Test Duck

The Ducks From A.C.M.E., rough layout sketch, first pass.
*Association de Canards Magnifiques Extraordinaire (A.C.M.E.)

#floriansatzinger #characterdesign #animationart #TheDucksFromACME #parodyart #satire #drawingprocess

Friday, May 06, 2022

ACME Aerospace

Inspired by an already existing parody poster with While E. Coyote. Daffy Duck character art by Florian Satzinger. ©WB. All rights reserved.

Photo: NASA

#DaffyDuck #ACME #NASA #redrocket

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Of Bears And Ducks

Aaron "Brother Bear" Blaise and Florian Satzinger, Riegersburg Castle, Austria, April 2022, lunch break.

#DisneyArtists #AaronBlaise #FlorianSatzinger #BrotherBear #Austria #carbonblack #workshops

Monday, April 25, 2022

The Maus

Mickey Mouse, original drawing, Prismacolor 20044 Blue on drawing paper, 2022.

#mickeymouse #satireart #offmodel #colerasepencil #originalart #animationart #handdrawn #happyweekendeveryone

Friday, April 15, 2022

The Ducks From A.C.M.E.: Basketball Free Throw Rocket Kit 3000x, two-seated

Rough layout, 2nd pass. Final billboard format 4,80 x 2,20 meters.
*Association de Canards Magnifiques Extraordinaire (A.C.M.E.)

#characterdesign #scenerydesign #backgroundlayout #drawingprocess #sketching #floriansatzinger #duckland #ACME #chuckjones #mauricenoble #TheDucksFromACME #parodyart
Heavily inspired by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble, obviously.

Friday, April 08, 2022

Apropos, ...

I moved to a new office/studio, situated in the university campus area, over here. Thanks everyone who's waiting for replies and updates, I'll be back shortly. Many thanks for the patience.

#newplace #moving #newstudio #newoffice #floriansatzinger

Thursday, April 07, 2022

Of Mice And Pencils

'Wollmaus' (2019), first pass of four or five preliminary tests. Blue Col-Erase pencil on drawing paper, A3 (100g).

#mickeymouse #parodyart #satireart #bluepencils

Monday, March 28, 2022

Drawing process, first blue pencil pass of two

Preliminary sketch (first pass) vs finished piece. Usually I do two blue pencil passes before starting the finish pass, this one here was the first one.

#DonaldDuck #parodyart #bluepencils #originalart #pencildrawing #colerase #karikaturmuseumkrems #austria #popartlife

Friday, March 25, 2022

Ask me anything

Stylized/off-model Mickey Mouse, test, blue pencils and stylus.

#MickeyMouse #offmodel #parodyart #newshoes #AirJordan #bluepencils #preliminarysketch #animationart #artistsoninstagram

About Me / Story

Florian Satzinger was a student of well-regarded Disney, MGM and Hanna-Barbera animator and animation director Ken Southworth («Alice In Wonderland», «Woody Woodpecker», «Tom & Jerry», «The Flintstones», «Peanuts», «The Smurfs») who influenced him greatly. Having worked for clients that include Warner Bros., Disney, The Zanuck Company, ReelFX, Space Age Films, Psyop, Ravensburger North America, Facebook, Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Bahlsen and Snapchat, Satzinger is now developing under the umbrella label DUCKLAND projects such as «DUCK AWESOME» and «JOHN STARDUCK» with Paperwalker Studios SHF.

Besides his industrial career, he holds a lectureship for character design, analog animation and animation history at the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg (Urstein, Austria) and worked/works as a visiting dozent at art schools such as VIA University College's Animation Workshop (Viborg, Denmark), Film University Babelsberg (Potsdam, Germany), Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg, Germany), Beaux-Arts & Entertainment (Paris, France) and Accademia Nemo (Florence, Italy).

Florian Satzinger is a member of Los Angeles based Creative Talent Network, a community for the world's leading creators of both traditional and digital animated films.

Endorsements And Reviews

«[...] beautiful character work from Austria's Florian Satzinger, who blogs over at the Paperwalker Journal.»

Michael Canva,
THE WASHINGTON POST

«[...] you brilliant bastard»

Jeff Merghart,
Lead Character Designer, Concept Artist and Senior Animator, WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS.

«You do Warner Bros better than Warner Bros did Warner Bros.»

Mark Whiting,
Production Designer of THE IRON GIANT. 3-time Annie nominated Art Director and Production Designer.

«This Austrian artist (Florian Satzinger) has drawn some of the world's most iconic animated characters.»

Gary Evans,
ImagineFX Magazine

«I hate you and love you at the same time.»

Deborah Guedj,
Journal de Mickey, France.

«[...] the school that made a deep and lasting impression was Vancouver Institute of Media Arts. That’s where Ken Southworth taught. [...] Ken could teach without teaching, say something without actually saying it. He encouraged Florian to see himself as a kind of reporter, whose job it is to observe his own characters and analyse what they do and how they behave.»

Gary Evans,
ImagineFX Magazine

«Florian describes his own work as “fusion cuisine.” It combines two of the art styles he grew up with: first, the North American style of Disney’s Walt Kelly and Don Bluth, and Chuck Jones of Warner Bros. Second, the influence of European comic artists like André Franquin, Maurice De Bevere (aka Morris) and Giorgio Cavazzano. “I often get the feedback that my style has this Disney feel to it, but more zany, or angry.”»

Gary Evans,
ImagineFX Magazine

«[...] You have THE MOST creative and clever ways to design ducks. I want to visit a whole gallery full of your amazing and charming work.»

Genevieve Tsai,
Supervising Character Designer on Animaniacs, WARNER BROS. ANIMATION

«I modeled these [penguins] from Florian Satzinger's designs. These became a focal point of my portfolio back in 2010 and ultimately landed me a Job at Disney. Huge respect to Florian's genius!»

Ryan Tottle,
Modeling Supervisor, WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS

«Great work... so much character!»

David Komorowski,
Head of Characters and Technical Animation at WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS

«The quality of Florian’s sketches reminds me of the Golden Age mid-century Disney and Warner Bros animation where every line had a lively motion and projected a three-dimensional sense of volume of the character.»

Johanna Schwaiger,
Program Director, NEW MASTERS ACADEMY,
Los Angeles, CA

«You own the duck world. No one should ever attempt to draw another duck. End of story.»

Thomas Fluharty,
Illustrator and Caricature Artist, THE NEW YORK TIMES, TIME, MAD MAGAZINE, THE VILLAGE VOICE

«You're crazy!!!»

Achdé (Hervé Darmenton),
Lucky Luke

«Great take on Daffy [Duck]. Hilarious. You’ve completely maintained his prick-ness. Real talent, Florian. This is the only real reboot potential Daffy I’ve ever seen. [...]»
«More animated than most recent films, with just a simple still drawing. Amazing [...]»

Steve Williams,
Film Director (Disney's 'The Wild'), Academy Award nominated Visual Effects Artist ('THE MASK'), Chief Animator 'TERMINATOR 2', 'JURASSIC PARK', 'THE ABYSS', 'JUMANJI' etc.

«You really do embody the old essence of Disney ... even more than Disney. More than Disney today any way.»

Bob Jones,
Character Designer, 'THE WISHMAS TREE', UNIVERSAL PICTURES/ODIN'S EYE

«A classic vintage Mickey, with a Chaplinesque grin, follows the timeline of his past adventures... In the meanwhile, a new unseen Mickey is sipping a tea cup, waiting for new landscapes... Visions suspended between the past and the future, conceived by Florian Satzinger, the award-winning concept artist and character designer.»

Federico Fiecconi,
Curator of DISNEY'S MICKEY: The True Original Exhibition, Castello di Desenzano, Italy

«[...] this man is a duck fiend. Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, “duck-tape”—never have I encountered an artist more dedicated to the proliferation of duck-related media [...]»

JJ,
Character Design Blog

«Achdé [...] already calls him the "master of the ducks".»

Ars Electronica Center

«Unique in the world with these extraordinary characters.»

Bruno Bozzetto,
Academy Award nominated Film Director

«"Inspiring … yet depressing … maybe I can still get that job at Wal-Mart.»

Eddie Pittman,
Disney's 'Phineas and Ferb'

«sick sick sick talent ...»

Alex Orrelle,
'SPACE JAM 2', Head of Story, WARNER BROS. ANIMATION

«One of my favorite artists [...]»

Jake Parker,
Founder of InkTober

«An excellent draughtsman.»

Douglas Goldsmith,
School of Visual Communication Design, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

«Florian Satzinger is an animation expert, trust us, we know.»

KLEAR,
Leading Data Influencer Marketing Software Platform

«Florian Satzinger has a drawing style with a snap and verve that harken back to the best of classic Disney and mid 20th Century Warner Brothers animation. The lines with which he delineates his characters zing, bounce and swoop so delightfully that they suggest lively motion even before they’re animated. Satzinger credits Southworth as his major influence, and his work in the style of great classic hand-drawn animation shows his continuation of that tradition.»

Charley Parker,
LINESANDCOLORS.COM

«Florian Satzinger: a Carl Barks on steroids.»
(Florian Satzinger: um Carl Barks com esteróides)

via MARCAMARIA.COM

«Florian, you've been an amazing influence on my art for almost ten years now, and will be for years to come!»

Jay Fosgitt,
Comic Artist, MARVEL COMICS

«Florian Satzinger set the style for CTNX with the red "X" in the eyes in 2009. Florian designed the “X” in the eyes with his Ducks in such a appealing way that they have become a signature to CTN.»

CTN,
THE CREATIVE TALENT NETWORK®, Burbank, CA

DUCK - The Mag For The Birds Presents: Florian Satzinger's BIRDS AND PENCILS

"A superb book filled with some of the best character and vehicle design around the wit involved is fabulous. This book is especially for those of you who loved the Ducktales and Darkwing Duck cartoons of the late Eighties and early Nineties."
Amazon UK

"End of the year must have cartooning products [...] DUCK: Birds And Pencils"
The Daily Cartoonist

"In a world that is dominated by ultra realistic cg, stuff like this is like a breathe of fresh air. Such great poses, lines of action and true composition[...]"
via FlightPattern

"[...]a wild and awesome collection of duck sketches in crazy flying machines and other fantastic adventures[...]"
Arjan Wilschut

Sample pages:

'Birds And Pencils And Sundry Other Things And Hobs' by Florian Satzinger (Brandstudio Press)

Hard cover, 8.5x12 inches, 48 pages, full-color, full bleed, sewn pages.

"[...]inspired by old school animation but at the same time is so much fun[...]makes me want to pick up a pencil and start creating"
Labyrinth Books

Nemoland

Behind the scenes of science fiction and fantasy

NEMOLAND (NEMO NT)

In May 2009, Florian Satzinger gave workshops within the scope of The Genio Fiorentino 2009, on the occation of the Nemoland event/conferment of the Nemoland Special Award in the Aula Magna at the Instituto Statale d' Arte of Florence, Italy. Former Nemoland workshop hosts/award recipients were animation directors and animators such as Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Alex Orrelle (Pixar) and J.P. Vine (Aardman Studios). Besides that, there was an exhibition of Florian Satzinger's original artwork at the Gipsoteca of the Instituto Statale d' Arte.

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